Mitchell would finish the game with 255 yards rushing — a good chunk of them during the decisive fourth quarter.

Despite their early woes, the Bruins displayed plenty of fight.

They bounced back to score 17 unanswered points — on a 51-yard touchdown pass from Penrod to Slade Nordic, a 34-yard field goal by Henry Cone and a 35-yard scoring connection again between Penrod and Nordic.

Both aerial touchdowns to Nordic occurred on fourth-down plays.

The first of those missiles capped a 74-yard drive.

Facing 4th-and-1, Penrod zipped a pass out to Penrod on the edge. The rocket-footed senior simply outran the defense, down the sideline, into the end zone, for the 51-yard score.

Cone’s extra point put the Bruins on top, 7-6.

Early in the second quarter, Enid faced 2nd and goal at the Bruin four-yard line, but Bartlesville stripped the ball and Bruin defensive back Jordan Dickson recovered it.

The Bruins then mounted a 90-yard drive, resulting in Cone’s field goal.

With less than three minutes left until halftime, Nordic caught another short pass, hurtled or stepped out of two groups of would-be tacklers and scored.

Bartlesville’s 17-6 lead held up until the fourth quarter, when a series of Bruin mistakes helped Enid burst ahead.

The Bruins finished their scoring on Penrod’s six-yard touchdown pass, with less than 90 seconds remaining, to Kyle Carter.

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